diff --git a/ghost/admin/lib/koenig-editor/addon/components/koenig-card.js b/ghost/admin/lib/koenig-editor/addon/components/koenig-card.js
index ee25adac28..0674a9f026 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/lib/koenig-editor/addon/components/koenig-card.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/lib/koenig-editor/addon/components/koenig-card.js
@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ export default Component.extend({
             // immediately when clicked
             let targetTagName = event.target.tagName;
             let allowedTagNames = ['INPUT', 'TEXTAREA'];
-            if (!allowedTagNames.includes(targetTagName)) {
+            let allowClickthrough = !!event.target.closest('[data-kg-allow-clickthrough]');
+            console.log('allowClickthrough', allowClickthrough);
+            if (!allowedTagNames.includes(targetTagName) && !allowClickthrough) {
                 event.preventDefault();
             }
 
diff --git a/ghost/admin/lib/koenig-editor/addon/templates/components/koenig-basic-html-input.hbs b/ghost/admin/lib/koenig-editor/addon/templates/components/koenig-basic-html-input.hbs
index 7c19f2feec..33b8b67910 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/lib/koenig-editor/addon/templates/components/koenig-basic-html-input.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/lib/koenig-editor/addon/templates/components/koenig-basic-html-input.hbs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-<div class="koenig-basic-html-input__editor-wrappper">
+<div class="koenig-basic-html-input__editor-wrappper" style="cursor: text">
     <div
         class="koenig-basic-html-input__editor"
         data-gramm="false"
         data-kg="editor"
+        data-kg-allow-clickthrough
         data-placeholder={{placeholder}}
     ></div>
 </div>